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Patented Feb. 4,l |902.'

A. H. GAnmsoN.

COOKING RANGE.

(Applicqticmlefi June 1, 1897.)

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' A. H. VcAlzmsrml COOKING RANGE.

(Application led Tune 1, 1897.)

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mams PETERS co, yNmD-Llljo., WASHINGTON D c s UNITED 'STATES VPATENT OFFICE.

.ALBERT II. GfARRISON;l OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO TI-IE BRAND STOVE COMPANY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

COOKING-RANGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters rement No. 692,654, dated February 4, 1902.

Application filed June 1, 1897. Serial No. 638.877. k(No model.)

and useful Improvements in'Cooking-Ranges; and I do hereby declare that the following isA a full, clear, and exact description thereof.-

My invention has for its object to'provide a cooking-ran ge having certain advantageous features of construction and combination of parts, hereinafter set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed, the improvements having especial reference to cooking-ranges of the sheet-steel-body type.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents` a vertical longitudinal section view of a cookingrange embodying my improvements,theplane of the section being indicated by line 1 l in fourth figure; Fig. 2, a vertical transverse section view of the range on the plane indicated by line 2 2 in the preceding figure; Fig. 3, an end elevation, partly in section, on the plane indicated by line 3 3 in the succeeding figure; Fig. 4, a plan View of a portion of said range and a Water-tank attachment in connection therewith, parts of the tank attachment being broken; Fig. 5, an end elevation of the water-tank-cover frame, and-Fig. 6 a detail horizontalsection View indicated by line 6 6 p in the first figure.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents end pieces of a cooking=rangetop frame, and one feature of my improvements consists in providing the lower inner horizontal portions b of these end pieces with a plurality of 'depending longitudinal stay-ribs c, parallel to each other at a predetermined dis'- tance apart. As is `well understood in the art of building cooking-ranges having sheet-steel bodies, the end 'pieces of the cast-metal top frame are provided with depending stayribs that come within and against corresponding portions of said bodies. Ordinarily each end piece of the top frame is vprovided with a single stay-rib, and for each size of stove separate patterns are necessary for the top Vframe. Inasmuch as my invention contemplates a plurality of parallel stay-ribs c, depending from a horizontal portion b of each top frame end piece, one set of patterns will serve for the top frames of different-sized ranges, the sizes being in accordance with the longitudinal dimensions of said ranges.

As clearly shown by full lines in Fig. l, the body B of the range abuts the innermost stayribs c of'top frame end pieces A; but a next -larger size range-body would abut the outermost of said stay-ribs, as partly illustrated by the dotted lines at the right of said figure. While only two of the stay-ribs c have been shown as parts of each top plate end piece, it may be found convenientv to pattern said end pieces so as to employ a greater number of said ribs; but in any case it is to be understood that provision is had for the utilization of one standard of cast-metal top frames in connection with sheet-steel bodies of varying predetermined longitudinal dimensions.1

In other words, the same pattern of top plate may be common to different sizes of What are known to the trade as steel cooking-ranges.

Another feature of my invention consists in providing one end of the lining of a cooking-range lire-box with a removable center plate C and an extension D, the latter being a cast-metal shell that is open to a corresponding 'aperture in the rear side wall of the range body and provided with anges d, bolted to said wall. The opposite end of the fire-box liningis provided with a like removable centerplate, as shown in Fig. 2, while between the ends the lining, both front and rear, is permanent or non-removable and provided with opposite stop -lugs adjacent to each end, as best shown in Fig. l, outside or beyond which the said center plates are located, the said stop-lugs serving as guides when said removable center plates are slidto place, these plates having inward-projecting lugs near their upper ends-to facilitate removal or replacement. The end of the'firebox opposite the described extension D is iiared outwardly beyond the'line of the adjacent center plate, so that when the two described center plates at the ends of the fireboX are removed the length of the fire-box is increased to accommodate wood of greater length than could be otherwise readily utilized'in said fire-box, it being understood that the latter, as herein shown, is one of thosev IOO organized for the burning of coal or wood, as may be most convenient. By having each end of the lining of the fire-box provided with a removable center plate, as herein shown and described, the range lnay be instantly converted from a coal to wood burnerand the remainder of said lining is left in place, these being matters of considerable advantage.

Another feature of my improvements consists in providing the body of the cookingrange with a detachable knockdown support for a removable water-tank, and in addition to said support provision is made for the utilization of a detachable tank-cover frame and a cam-latch in conjunction therewith as means for locking the tank in close contact with the rangebody, it being understood that the tank-support is attachable to either end of said range-body accordingly as it is desirable to have the tank-contents warm or hot.

In carrying out those features of my invention referred to in the preceding paragraph plates E, herein shown provided with vertical guide-ribs e, arranged in pairs, are bolted to either or both ends of the rangebody, and detachably engaged with these plates'between the guide-ribs thereon are the vertical arms f of rightangle cast-metal brackets F, each of these arms being shown provided with a shoulder g, that overlaps the upper edge of the corresponding plate to operate as a stop limiting descent of the bracket. A cast-metal shelf G is shown provided with depending transverse guide-ribs 7L, arranged in pairs and detachably engaged with the shelf. Between the guide-ribs thereon are the horizontal arms t of the aforesaid brackets. The shelf is also shown provided with rear bracket-opposing lips j, and therefore it requires that the horizontal bracket-arms be engaged with said shelf from the front of the latter prior to the engagement of the vertical bracket-arms with end plates on the rangebody. In view of the foregoing it will be readily understood that the shelf cannot be detached from the brackets unless the latter, with said shelf, are lifted up and away from the aforesaid end plates.

The knockdown detachable structure, comprising the brackets F and shelf G, constitutes a support upon which to set a water-tank H, that extends in under the top-fran1e cornice of the range close against the body of the latter, said shelf being preferably provided with an upwardly-extending guard-flange 7c, opposed to the ends and outer side of tank. A cast-metal frame I is shown supported on the rim of the water-tank, and seated within this frame is a detachable cover that ordinarily comprises a pair of plates J in hinge connection and provided with lips m, that facilitate their lift when it is desirable to take water from the tank, these cover-plates being normally at rest on the frame I and an adjacent end piece A of the range-top frame, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1. A cornice around three 'sides of the cover-frame I may correspond in design with that of the range-top frame, as herein shown, and be also provided with upper recesses in which the lips m of the cover-plates .I find lodgment. A horizontal inner portion of the tank-cover frame is shown provided with a central longitudinal slot 1J and a depending flange q, the latter being apertured for the engagement of a shank r, pertaining to a cam-latch K, that extends up through said slot and has wedging contact with the inner side of the adjacent portion of the range-top cornice, said cam being actuated by a crank or hand-wheel L, made fast to its shank. As herein shown, a hand- Wheel is employed, and the cam-shank o has a tapered angular outer end fitting a corresponding aperture in the hub of said wheel, the latter being secured in place by means of an ordinary stove-bolt that extends through said cam-shank to engage a stay-nut. The draw of the cam against the range-top cornice not only locks the cover-frame of the tank in place, but at the same time bringssaid tank in snug contact with the range-body, said cover-frame being provided with depending flanges s, that abut the rimof the aforesaid tank, as clearly illustrated in Figs. l and 3.- B y nnlatching and displacing the cover-frame I the tank H and its contents may be taken away from shelf G, this being one of the especial advantages of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cooking range, the combination with the range-body and lire-box, of a prop-V erly-supported portable water-tank, a tankcover frame, and a cam-latch in conjunction with the tankcover frame operative `to lock the tank in close contact with the range-body.

2. In a cooking range, the combination with the range-body and tire-box, of a watertank shelf supported from said range-body, a water-tank, and a water-tank-cover frame provided with a cam-latch that has wedging action against the inner side of a portion of the top of said range-body.

3. In a cooking range, the combination with the range-body and fire-box, of exterior plates on one end of said body, right-anglc brackets having the vertical arms thereof in detachable connection with the plates, and a water-tank shelf in like connection with the horizontal arms of the brackets but provided with rear bracket-,opposing lips, whereby it requires that the latter bracket-arms be connected to said shelf from the front of the same prior to connection of the former bracket-arms with said plates.

4E. In a cooking range, the combination with the range-body and fire-box, of exterior plates on one end of said body, right-angle brackets having the Vertical arms thereof in detachable connection with the plates and trg ends of the same, and a watertank shelf in like connection with the horizontal ar'ms of said brackets.

5. In a cooking-range, the combinationl with the range-body and fire-box, of a watertank shelf supported from said range-body, a portable Water-tank supported on said shelf,

a cover'- frame supported on said'shelf, al

cover-frame supported onthe rim of the water-tank, and having a horizontal inner portion'provided With a central longitudinal slot,

and a depending apertured ange, a'detachable cover, comprising a pair of plates i-n hinge connection, normally resting on said cover-frame and on the adjacent end portion of the top of the range-body, a cam-latch ex` tending up through the said slot in the cover Vframe for wedging contact withthe adjacent portion of the range-body, a shank secured to said cam-latch and passing through said depending apertur'ed ange, and a hand-wheel 2go fast on the other end of said shank.

In testimony that I claim `the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of LWis consin,rin the presence of two witnesses.

Y ALBERT' iL GARRISON. n

Witnesses: N. E. OLIPHANT. B. C. RoL'oFF. 

